Rug and mattress cleaning rack



Feb. 23, 1932. E GROTELUESCHEN 1,846,860

RUG AND MATTRESS CLEANING RACK Filed March 21, 1928 2 Sheets-Shee 1 "Hr" "w INVENTOR wxTNEss=&&k /aw ATTORNEY Fb; 23 1932. E. GINOTELUESCHEN 1,846,360

RUG AND MATTRESS CLEANING RACK Filed March 21, 1928 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 9 1 'l A. WITNESS: w, 5 ATTORNEY INVENTOR I Patented Feb. 23, 1932 f UNITE STATES rates:

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RUG'AND MAtr'rRnss CLEANING-BACK;

Application filed March 21, 1328, .Serial No 263,507.

' The present invention relates to a heater rack for rugs and the like to constitutea firm elastic support, upon which they may be laid to apply frails or heaters to drive out the dust.

Incarrying out the invention, I provide a plurality of hinged sections so connected that r the form may be compactly folded together for storage purposes. Ordinarily, rugs, mattresses and the like are cleaned of dust by laying them on the ground or in the cellar,

which makes the operation of beating them-- to free them of their contained dust-a very laborious operation. I, therefore, provide a plurality of foldable frames, which when extended form a long wideangular rectangular skeleton support for a large number of hellcal steel springs, providing an elastic surface, on which the beating operation may be performed. A plurality of pairsof rows of the springs are closely related and mounted on longitudinal rectangular frames, spring. therein, the upper ends of anchored in a top rectangularframe on each 5 section, to which the several springs are secured at the top, the several springs of each row being wired together so as to prevent side shifting, thus forminga stable elastic support, upon which the rugs or mattresses may be placed for beating. The several rack sections are connected by a right angled hinge having an eye for a pivotal point at the one side. The spring supports are mounted on 3 the side opposite the pivot, thus permitting 5 the several sections to be folded into compact relation. The invention therefore comprises a foldable rack consisting of a plurality of hinged sections of rectangular shape, each containing a large number of helical springs,

' supporting a when out of use, to be folded compactly for storage. It embodies other more specific features of novelty, which will'be hereinafter described and will be definitely indicated in the appended claim;

In the accompanying drawings illustrating the invention V Figure 1 is a top plan of a folding rack embodying my invention.

opened and the several bottoms being securely anchored the springs being beating surface and adapted,.

: Figure 2 =isan end elevation of the rack when,open. T g Y FigureBisa side elevation; V

zuFigure t -is Ja bottom plane of the rack :Figure 5 is aside elevation of the rack whenfolded for storage; T f

Referring now in detail to the drawings;:- lfla, lbrepresents a plurality jof'rectangular frames, three in this instance, each section being formed by twoiparallel strips of sheet metal 'or other suitable material, indicated at 2and rigidly connected at their ends by cross bars 2a. The outside sections 1- .1b'

are approximately half the width of-the middle section-1a tofpermit the entire width when folded to fall within 'theilimit's of the middle section la,-asflindicated in Figure 5.-

,I mounta plurality of tapered helical springs closely related to form a good surface for rugs or mattresses'to'be cleaned with the lower 'ends of these springs anchored-in the framework formed by the strips 2; and the;

upper ends of the several springs arejanchored directly in :the rectangular tubular iron frames 5,. constituting: a strong frame- .work; on which. the springs may be secured. In the two outer sections 1- and 1b, the springs ends may be coiled around a side of the frame 5; and a plurality of transverse wires'5aand lengthwise wires 7 prevent thesprings from shifting. laterally. In practice I employ I eight rows'o'ffi-fteen coils to a row, consisting .of 120 coils-in all. For convenience of illustration less than this number hasbeen shown. 5

it will-be understood however that'the numlbe'r might be varied without departing from the scope; ofiny'inventioni In the middle secv tion 1a, Iemploy 4 rows, the two outerrows of which may besimil'arly anchored to that described in connection-with the'y'section 1a, the upper ends of the inner rows of thesection ila'heing prevented fromsh-iftingby the interlinkingrof the wires-5a and 7-, i The bottom frame workis provided withriveted angle bars 3a, having dependenthinged barrels cooperating toflreceive pins to .providehinges 10, which permits the outside sectio'nsto be n ed 0 e he w e S u th sub de folded togethervand similar; anglebars; are

of the outer section, in which are pivotally mounted legs 11, to form a support for the rack. Similar pivoted legs 12 may be mounted at the ends of the middle sections 100. The corner legs 11 each carry a pivoted brace 13, slotted at its outer end and adapted to lock over a pin or bolt 14, on theinner side of the rack; A pair of pivotedlegs 15 maybe mounted midway of the length of therack to afford a firm support for the rack. Angle bars are secured to the outer edges of the'outer sections and have pivotally secured to the outer sidesthereof the legs I5, as shown in Figures 2 and 3. I I

Each of the angle bars 3a include a horizontal anda vertical flange, the latter depending from the outer side of the former. The angle bars 3a forming the inner side of each outerlower frame and the sides of the inner lower frame have the verticalflanges thereof of greater height than the width of the horizontal flanges, and also ofgreater height than the vert'ical fl'an'gesof the angle bars forming "the outer sides of the outer upper frames.

from the ends thereof for hinging the frames together, the said vertical flanges when the frames are'folded constituting supports for andfor-v-maintaining the ends of the pairsof outer frames in. superposed. spaced relation with respect to the ends of the pair of inner frames. v

In-test-imonywhereof I aflix my signature.

7 GROTELUESCHEN.

Theanglebarswhich have the vertical flanges I ot r'eater hejght are hinged together and the meansprovidingthe hinges are spaced from each other'a'nd spaced from the ends of such flanges.-

, The said verticalflanges of greater height,

when theframes are folded constitute supports for-and for maintaining the ends of the pairs of outer frames in superposed spaced relation with respect to the ends of the pair of inner frames.

Having thus described my invention what v 'Ielaim is new and desire to secure by Letters "Patent is: r I

A cleaning rack comprising a lower lnner and pair of lower outer sidewise opposed rectangular frames foldable relative to each other, the inner side of each outer frame and each side of the inner frame belng 1n the form o'f an angle bar having a horizontal flange and a vertical flange,'the vertical flange depending from the outer side and of a'height greater than thewidth of the horizontal spaced lengthwise extendingparallel fiat narrow strips of a lengthcorresponding to the at-their upper endsand foldable against and lengthwise of said frames; an upper inner and a pairofup'p'er outer rectangular f'rames positinned permanently in superposed spaced relation respectively over said lower inner and lower outerframes; said upper frames being independent of each other, a row of spaced -fla-ng'e,each of said-frames including fixed,

1 length-of said frames,'su'pporting legs hinged 7 upstandingcoiledsprings positioned on and p 7 havingjthe bottoms thereof secured to each st-ri'p,,said springs extending into said upper frames; transversely and longitudinally exftendingre'taining meansanchored to the sides and ends of-eachupper frameand to'the tops of said "springs whereby each lower frame 

